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Patented May 24, 1892,.

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Patented May 24, 1892.

Nrrnn STATES PATENT ,risica- ARTHUR PALMER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYEVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- TIAIIRDS TO ALVVIN HAUSOLD, OF SAME PLACE.

MERRY-GO-ROUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,742, dated May 24, 1892.

APPCMOII filed May 19' 1391 Serial No. 393,324.Y (No model.)`

To a/ZZ whom it 71ml/ concern,.-

Beit known that I, ARTHUR PALMER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Iittsbu rg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llIerry-Go-Rounds; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved merrygo-round; and it consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will he fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of my improved merry-go-round, partly in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of one of the horses, showing the same mounted on its truck and a means forgiving the said horse a rocking or galloping motion. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same having the horse and cover removed therefrom. Fig. 4 is an endelevation of the truck and apparatus for rocking the horse. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the means forincreasing or diminishing the rocking motion of the horse. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the swivel connection of t'ne same.

To put my invention into practice I provide a suitable platform 1, constructed in the form of a circle and having formed therein two annular slots 2, parallel to each other. .Formed directly beneath these slots 2 are tracks 3, each of which consists of two rails so placed as to leave anintervening space for the purpose of engaging with a wheel having a flange formed at the center of the same. Operating on this track 3 is atruck 4, carried by two Wheels 5 and Ihaving an opening 6 in the center of the same for the purpose of pivoting a bent lever 7therein. Thislever'/ projects upward through the slot 2 and is rigidly attached to a wooden horse S, and is also provided with a rear extension 2S, having a roller 9, which bears or rides along the under side of the platform. This rear extension 28 of the lever is bent outward and provided at its end with a roller 9 for the purpose of enga-gingwith a series of adjustable inclined dcvices arranged in, the track of the same. These inclined devices consist of four plates hinged together, one plate 1l rigidly attached to the under side of the platform and another plate 11 arranged in a slide 12, which will allow the middle plates 11b and 11C to be elevated or lowered to change the inclination of the same. To change the inclinaton of these devices to give the horses a greater or less rocking movement, I bend one of the plates to one side and form an extension 13 on the same. This extension 13 is passed through a swivel-plate 1+i, which is pivoted to a block 15. Operating on a screwthread formed Within this block l5 is a threaded shaft 16, arranged in a vertical position in bearings 17. This shaft 16 is provided with a grooved wheel 1S, over which an endless cord or rope is passed for the purpose of operating the same. Formed on the truck et are two horizontal clutches 1 9, which engage with an endn less rope 20, which encircles the apparataand is passed several times about a drum 21, which drum is mounted on shaft 2lb and is connected to a suitable driving apparatus. Each of these clutches 19 consists of two divel-gent rigidjaws. Its narrowest portion is at the rear and of such width as to closely grasp the top and bottom of the rope 20, and its widest portion is at the front and of such width as to permit the rope to pass freely through it. It will thus be seen that the clutches will automatically disengage themselves from said rope when they reach a point slightly in advance of where the latter makes its outward bend to engage the drum 21 and will automatically re-engage said rope at the point on the opposite side of said drum when its inward bend ceases, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, in which a portion of the platform is broken away to show one of said clutches, said clutch being shown at the point where the rope is in the widest part of it, so thatits jaws are out of engagement with the rope, and the upper jaw being broken awa-y. Secured to the hind legs of the horse is a roller 22, provided with a flange 23, which enters the slot 2 and will prevent any side motion of the horse. Arranged on the opposite side of the truck 4, opposite to the driving-rope 20, is

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a roller 24, which bears against an inner partition-Wall and serves to keep the said truck in an upright position.

In operation a number of the horses and trucks, as above described, are provided and arranged at regularintervals about the circle and the trucks in each circle joined together by a suitable coupling 30. The endless rope 20 is engaged with the clutches 1S) and the same passed about the drum 21, and the said drum connected to suitable driving power. A number of the inclined devices are secured in position, and an endless rope 27 leads from another drum 21, which is mounted on a shaft 21c and is located beneath yand at one side of the drum 21 and engaged with the sheaves. By means of this last-described drum the inclined devices are adjusted to suit the operator. The driving-drums 21 are put in motion, which draws the trucks and horses about their circles, and as the roller 10 comes in contact with the inclined devices the fore quarters of the horse Will be elevated and then suddenly lowered, thereby giving the horse a rocking or galloping movement. By revolv ing the one drum at a greater speed than the other the one set of horses may be made to pass the other.

IIaving thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a merry-go-round such as described,

.the combination consisting of the truck 4 and a means for carrying the same about a circle,an upwardly-projecting lever 7, pivoted therein, a model ofa horse connected thereto, the rear extension of the said lever and a rollernlounted therein, and a series of adjustable inclined surfaces arranged in the .`path of the same, whereby the said horse in 4Q moving about the circle will be given a rocking or galloping motion, as described.

2. In a merry-go-round, the combination consisting of a series of trucks coupled together, an endless rope for operating the same, a model of a horse mounted on the said trucks, a series of inclined surfaces arranged about the apparatus to give the horses a :rocking or galloping motion, and a device Whereby the inclination of the same may be changed, and a roller attached to the hind legs ot the horse, adapted to follow a slot formed in the apparatus and to prevent any side motion of the same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a merry-go-round, the combination, with the truck and a means for carrying the same about a circle, of a model of an animal, a bent lever pivotally attached between its ends to the truck at one end to said model and at its opposite end supporting a roller, and a series of inclined surfaces arranged in the path ot' said roller and adapted to be engaged thereby to give the horse a rocking or galloping motion.

4. In a merry-go-round, the combination, with the moving pivotally-supported model, of the sliding plate 11a, inclined plate 11b, pivotally secured at its upper end to said plate 11, an oppositelydnclined plate 11, to the lower end of which the lower end of said plate 11b ispivoted, a rigid plate 11, to which the upper end of said plate 11c is pivoted,an extension 13 from one of said inclined plates, a swivel-plate 14, through Which said extension passes, a block 15, formed with a screwthread, athreaded shaftl, engaging the same, means for operating said shaft, and a device connected with said model and adapted to engage said inclined plates, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony' that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aiiiX my signature this 13th day of March, A. D. 1891.

ARTHUR PALMER.

In presence of- CHARLEs LARGE, M. E. HARRISON. 

